China invasion of Taiwan

A wide body of academic surveys with nationally representative samples shows Taiwanese people’s willingness to fight to defend their homeland, including those under 30.

Over the course of a year-long study, we analyzed the campaign in Ukraine, comparing it with Taiwan’s military strategies and defense posture. Here’s what we found.

The new vessels, a prime example of China’s civil-military fusion strategy, aim to enhance the PLA’s amphibious landing operations.

Part two of a two-part series detailing China’s amphibious warfare and the implications for Taiwan.

Part one of a two-part series detailing China’s amphibious warfare and the implications for Taiwan.

Overwarning and miscommunication risk Washington’s ability to detect – and convince Taiwanese about – real threats in the Taiwan Strait.

While the situations are not identical, the tactical and geopolitical parallels make the Falklands War worth studying in the Taiwan context.

In the face of hybrid warfare and nontraditional threats, Taiwan's defense budget includes more than military expenditure.

China’s gray zone and cognitive warfare tactics are one issue; a Crimea-like scenario is another. We should not confuse the two.

The situation recalls the early 1950s, when U.S. arms sales to Taiwan were delayed by other priorities. Unfortunately, Taiwan’s need is much greater today.

A range of intertwined international and domestic factors are driving Washington’s current policy toward the Taiwan Strait. 

China has systematically studied the Allied landing at Normandy to inform its planning for an assault on Taiwan.

For Japan, peace in the Taiwan Strait is a matter of national survival. A proper discussion of Japanese intervention should thus ask “how” not “if.” 

What might China’s future disinformation operations against Taiwan focus on and how can Taipei and its partners combat them?

China’s population is already shrinking. The further demographic consequences of a Taiwan invasion would be devastating.

Taiwan’s earthquake preparedness comes from decades of regulation and work in building structural and societal resilience. It must do the same in preparation for a potential conflict with China.

With respect to Russian airpower, Chinese strategists continue to be quite fixated on Russian attack helicopter operations in Ukraine.

A new report from the Swedish National China Centre finds that forecasts consistently rate the risk of armed conflict in the Taiwan strait as low.

China’s approach to deterrence involves compelling as well as dissuading, and is intertwined with the idea of “war control.”

The president’s speech has a clear goal of boosting Chinese people’s declining confidence amid the past difficult years.

China is turning inwards, the U.S. is building deterrence, and Taiwan is committed to maintaining the status quo – all these factors will help keep the peace.

In the psychological sense, China’s “invasion” of Taiwan is well underway.

Manila’s latest National Security Policy does not reflect the catastrophic implications of a cross-strait conflict for the country's security.

Given the stakes involved, India needs to prepare for a potential conflict in the Taiwan Strait. But how?